Alkohol og teenagere

We chose this topic because we think it’s exiting because we are teenagers, and we have been drunk before, and know what it’s like to drink. Also because Denmark is that country in Europe, that drinks most, and alcohol is a part of being young, especially in Denmark.

The difference between Denmark and USA

In Denmark we drink a lot, it’s a big part of our culture, and has been it for many years.

For us, it’s totally normal to start drinking in the age of 14. Many young starts drinking before they are allowed to drink for their parents, and before they are turned 16, as you have to be, to start drinking and by alcohol. There have been a big change in our generation, compare to when our grandparents were young. When our grandparents where young, it was not normal to start drink, in a age of 14, you were a child much longer, and had very strict rules. You couldn’t discuss with your parents, when you were allowed to drink alcohol, and if your parents said you should be 18 to drink, then you first started when you were 18.

Addicted to alcohol

Today almost everybody is addicted to something, it could be: alcohol, fast food, sugar, shopping or cigarettes. In the movie called supersize me, the man is getting addicted to fast food, it makes him depressed when he doesn’t eat fast food, but when he does, he is getting very happy and satisfied. That’s almost the way you are feeling if you are addicted to alcohol. You feel like the alcohol will help you forget your problems.